title: Multisystemic diseases and ethnicity: a focus on lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, sarcoidosis and Behçet disease.
abstract: We present an overview of the association between ethnicity and the clinical and epidemiological aspects of four multisystemic diseases: lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, sarcoidosis and Behçet disease. In particular, we highlight observed ethnic differences in cutaneous manifestations of these diseases. This article should help guide clinical management, as well as serve to highlight future areas for research.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, APHP Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Dadzie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008178:Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000208:ethnology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult